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Art for Art's Sake by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] A slick production could be completed in under 2 hours. |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length colourful farce, centering on a wedding and a work of art! |
Synopsis | As art dealer David Gibson prepares for the wedding of his daughter Samantha, he finds himself in a position to make a financial killing by arranging the sale of a valuable French Impressionist painting. Unfortunately the prospective buyer from Los Angeles, Mrs Delores Van Zuyl, insists on the work being authenticated by an expert. When the expert doesn't turn up David turns to his less than reliable step-brother to fill the gap. What David doesn't know is that Mrs Van Zuyl has her own agenda and it has little to do with French Impressionism. |
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Clutching at Straws by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 128 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Hilarious full-length English farce in the best Whitehall tradition. Single country-house living room set. |
Synopsis | Julia Benning is a pushy young businesswoman who is about to inherit her late uncle's company. However, first she needs to pass the scrutiny of her Aunt Celia. That includes assessing whether Julia's newly-acquired fiancé is going to be an asset - something he manifestly is not. Julia's solution is to borrow a substitute fiancé in the form of her friend Pippa's womanising brother. Throw in a lachrymose nurse, a jobbing solicitor and a couple who get the wrong address for their swingers' party, and Celia's house is set for a busy weekend. |
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Deborah's Party by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | English farce in two acts. Single domestic set. Contains mild swearing (and intimations of goings-on.) |
Synopsis | Deborah Jarvis has arranged a dinner party for her 'unlucky in love' work colleague Jenny. Her plan is to pair Jenny off with mild-mannered neighbour Simon. But Jenny already has a suitor in highly-strung TV producer Barnaby Ruttle. Barnaby's unwanted appearance during the course of the evening will test Deborah's nerves. Unknown to Deborah, husband Alan and even cleaning lady Mrs Seymour are also about to have their nerves tested by further arrivals. |
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The Devenish Curse by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 129 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length farce, in three acts, with a single set - a lavish 'Jacobean house' lounge. |
Synopsis | Susie Devenish inherits Devenish Hall, but immediately realises that a large financial injection is needed to keep the house running. Her new boyfriend Jago has a scheme to help her... Unfortunately for Susie, of a nervous disposition, Devenish Hall is thought to have its own curse and that serious misfortune is about to strike someone in the house. Luckily Inspector Trench is on hand to put everyone's mind at rest. So we can all sleep easy, can't we? |
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Diplomatic Relations by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 125 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Hilarious full-length farce. Single set (an ambassador's office) with plenty of places to hide! First published in October 2009, revised October 2015. |
Synopsis | Ambassador Miranda Carruthers is trying to make the most of her posting to a South American backwater. She's expecting a diplomatic bigwig to celebrate the 150th anniversary of one of the local revolutions (the glorious one, apparently), but what she actually gets is a Foreign Office investigator, looking for evidence of extravagance. That and a corrupt politician trying to elope with her husband, the local security chief chasing her around her office and one of her husband's previous liaisons turning-up with less clothing than is customary in diplomatic circles. And, oh yes, there's a German anarchist on the loose. |
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Fishing for Clues by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. As written, there are six men and five women, but two of the men are identical twins, and since very few acting companies are blessed with such a pairing, the characters are assumed to be played by one chap. |
Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length, wryly comic whodunnit. Single country house set. Contains mild swearing and hanky-panky. |
Synopsis | When Lady Rosemary Huntley brings a new gentleman friend home on the evening of a talk given by prominent Member of Parliament, Ewart Stewart, little does she imagine that the gentleman friend is not long for this world and that the Foreign Office and some offshoot of the KGB will soon be in attendance, along with the ever-enthusiastic PC Pendlebury and the less than enthusiastic Inspector Trench, unimpressed by having his fishing holiday interrupted. Trench is determined to get back to the river bank as soon as possible despite finding himself having to sort through a diverse cast of characters all of whom had motives for committing the deadly deed. |
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Flat Spin by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 93 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy verging on farce. |
Synopsis | Malcolm Watts returns from a short painting holiday to an empty flat, courtesy of long-term partner Rhonda's plan to lease the property to a new tenant while she sets up home with a hitherto secret paramour. When Malcolm discovers that he hasn't a legal leg to stand on and that earnest military history obsessive Alan is poised to move in, he finds himself relying on neighbours Patrick and Kate to rescue the situation. |
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How Does Your Garden Grow? by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Funny full length British farce. Single set (hotel reception area). Contains mild swearing and intimations of nudity and adultery (obviously an adult theme). |
Synopsis | Banker Roger Crompton is hoping to celebrate his fiftieth birthday by consummating an adulterous affair with a colleague. Unfortunately, the hotel he's picked just happens to be the one his colleague has been threatening to shut down. In true dirty weekend tradition, they are booked in the name of Jones, but of course, they aren't the only Joneses staying in the hotel - there's Nathan Pond, an aging rock star, heading for a festival with his agent, but also hiding from a stalker. Mistaken identity abounds, not least when Roger assumes that the local policewoman is really a stripogram. |
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Murder in Check by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length play encompassing comedy, a who-dunnit, and some farce. A single, country house lounge set. |
Synopsis | When Harriet Downey's husband heads off to a Pacific island, leaving her with a mountain of debt, she looks for ways of raising funds to keep the family home, Downey Grange, up and running. Harriet's pet project is a chess weekend, bringing together enthusiasts who had only previously played each other online. As one of these enthusiasts is DCI Gareth Trench, enjoying some well-earned leave, it seems likely that some foul deed is in the offing. |
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Quizzers by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length farce in a single (study) set. |
Synopsis | Just when Keith Smedley is looking forward to the pub quiz that he lives for, the arrival of daughter Alison’s boyfriend’s mother, Stella, throws him off his stride. Keith and Stella have a historical ‘connection’ Keith would rather gloss over, particularly when wife Lorna is around. Throw in womanising best friend Ross, highly-strung interior designer Binny, ex-con Rat and a misconception that Keith has arranged a contract killing and the quiz evening looks unlikely to go to plan. |
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